[intrepid] video playback corrupted - display driver/Xorg?

[Dennis Sacks]

Binary package hint: yelp

video playback is flawed since I upgraded to Intrepid Ibex. If I play a video (any format) with Totem or VLC I see the video, but the playback is flawed - the video image disappears briefly maybe once a second. If I move my mouse during playback, the flashing increases. Its like the playback is being affected by I/O interrupts or something.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/lib/neko:/usr/local/lib/haxe:/usr/local/wxlua/bin
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: yelp
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

not a yelp issue, could be a video driver one since you're having the same issue with totem and VLC. this reports needs to be reassigned.

[Dennis Sacks (dennis-sacks)]

Oh, sorry, I didn't mean for it to be listed as a yelp issue.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> not a yelp issue, could be a video driver one since you're having the
> same issue with totem and VLC. this reports needs to be reassigned.
>
> ** Changed in: ubuntu
> Sourcepackagename: yelp => None
>
> --
> video playback is bad
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293118
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in Ubuntu: New
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: yelp
>
> video playback is flawed since I upgraded to Intrepid Ibex. If I play a
> video (any format) with Totem or VLC I see the video, but the playback is
> flawed - the video image disappears briefly maybe once a second. If I move
> my mouse during playback, the flashing increases. Its like the playback is
> being affected by I/O interrupts or something.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/lib/neko:/usr/local/lib/haxe:/usr/local/wxlua/bin
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. To help with finding the cause of the problem can you attach the following files:
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
And also the output of 'lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log'
Thank you.

[Dennis Sacks (dennis-sacks)]

Here you go! Thanks!!

Dennis

On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Teej <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu
> better. To help with finding the cause of the problem can you attach the
> following files:
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
> /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> And also the output of 'lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log'
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Sourcepackagename: None => xorg
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> ** Summary changed:
>
> - video playback is bad
> + [intrepid] video playback corrupted - display driver/Xorg?
>
> ** Tags added: fglrx intrepid xorg
>
> --
> [intrepid] video playback corrupted - display driver/Xorg?
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293118
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "xorg" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: yelp
>
> video playback is flawed since I upgraded to Intrepid Ibex. If I play a
> video (any format) with Totem or VLC I see the video, but the playback is
> flawed - the video image disappears briefly maybe once a second. If I move
> my mouse during playback, the flashing increases. Its like the playback is
> being affected by I/O interrupts or something.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
> ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
> Package: yelp 2.24.0-0ubuntu2
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/home/username/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/lib/neko:/usr/local/lib/haxe:/usr/local/wxlua/bin
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: yelp
> Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
>

[ScramJet (alanmuscat)]

For info this is happening on the amd64 architecture also.

Here are the required file outputs for my system:

[ScramJet (alanmuscat)]

oops sorry forgot to attach all the files. Here are the rest:

[xteejx (xteejx-deactivatedaccount)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[samus789 (ryan978)]

I noticed this only happens with the visual effects switched on, whenever i turn them off the flashing stops. I dont know if this will help but thats just waht i have noticed. i am running ubuntu 8.10 on a hp tx2525nr. It has the architecture of a 64 bit but i decided to run a 32 bit version instead.